For more than 65 years, Taber's has provided students and practitioners with the definitions and information they need to provide superior care for their patients. This new software is a Windows Mobile Smartphone version containing:

56,000 definitions – with 2,400 brand new to the 20th edition

More than 6,000 revised terms

700 superior illustrations – with more than 500 in full color

100 more Patient Care sections

Cautions statements added to almost 350 terms – bold and in a second color

New and revised appendices, including Nutrition, Complementary Medicine, and Health Professions which explains the roles of the health care team members

Improved placement of multi-word entries (for example, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease and Irritable bowel syndrome are now listed in natural word order)

Almost 30,000 pronunciations of new and current terms

More colorful interior design

Easier to understand definitions

New and revised terms in Taber’s 20th Edition give your students the answers at their fingertips, such as:

Cephalostat

Andropause

Film speed

Pulmonary interstitial emphysema

Magnetic resonance angiography

Complementary and alternative medicine definitions keep your students at the forefront of care:

Stress management

Flaxseed oil

Glucosamine

Patient Care Statements offer clinically pertinent information on such conditions as:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome

Fracture

Myasthenia gravis

New and revised illustrations and tables complement the text and strengthen students’ understanding of the terms:

Cheyne-Stokes respiration

Prostate cancer

Paranasal sinus

Important Considerations in Palliative Care